Bell Flying a Fractal Kite

This 64 cell kite could be considered fractal, decades before the word meant anything, since the structure repeats its geometry and different scales. In other words, it is self similar, looking something like a Sierpinski triangle.

Advertisement

Bell's tetrahedral beach hut

At his Novia Scotia estate.

Advertisement

The Cygnet I, Bell's first attempt at a tetrahedral aeroplane

Bell Cygnet II, a collosal kite aeroplane

The Cygnet II was the largest tetrahedral plane Bell constructed, but it never flew under its own power.

Advertisement

Bell Cygnet III, Altitude 1 foot

The last of Bells quixotic attempts at tetrahedral flying machines manager to reach an altitude of around 1 feet in 1912.

Advertisement

Cockpit of Bell's tetrahedral plane at his laboratory in Nova Scotia

Advertisement

Bell's Frost King Tetrahedral Kite

When this kite accidentally hoisted someone into the air it inspired Bell to develop tetrahedral flying machines.

Advertisement

Model of Bells 80 ft high tetrahedral observation tower

Bell kissing his wife through a - tetrahedron!

Advertisement

Alexander Graham Bell seated on experimental tetrahedral truss boat

This wasn't Bells only aquatic foray - he created a much faster world speed record boat. But this one has tetrahedrons!